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BATON ROUGE, La. — Police are investigating a Louisiana State University student’s death as a possible fraternity hazing incident, university officials said Thursday. Maxwell Raymond Gruver, an 18-year-old LSU freshman from Roswell, Georgia, died Thursday after he was taken to a Baton Rouge hospital to be treated for an unspecified “medical emergency,” university spokesman Ernie...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — was in custody. In both shootings the gunman fired from his car then walked up to the victims as they were lying on the ground and fired again multiple times.The suspect, Kenneth Gleason, was being held on drug charges. Authorities didn't immediately have enough evidence to arrest him on charges related to the killings, but the investigation was ongoing, Baton Rouge Sgt. L'Jean Mckneely told The Associated Press."The victims were ... ambushed," Mckneely said. "There is a strong possibility that it could be racially motivated.

A Louisiana teen was charged for raping a female classmate twice at a booze-fueled party after their prom. Tzuriel Rex Pedigo, 17, of Baton Rouge, was arrested Tuesday after the victim reported the May 25 incident to authorities, according The Advocate. The victim told investigators that the two were drinking at a house party following...